Pie-cover.



C. T. McLAUGHLlN.

PIE COVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I5, 1915.

3mm CHRFZIE T MQLHUGHLIN Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

CARRIE '1. MCLAUGHLIN, OF ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Ajmlication filed March 15, 1915. Serial No. 14,556.

of which the following is a specification,

reference drawings.

This invention relates to an improved cover for pics, and has for itsprimary obbeing had to the accompanying ject to provide a device tocover and protect the edge of the pie crust and prevent the same fromburning.

The invention has for a further ob ect to provide a device for the abovepurpose which may be inexpensively constructed from sheet tin or likemetal and may be easily and quickly applied to the edge of the pie plateor removed therefrom.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel'features of construction, combination,. and arrangement of partsto be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional view showing my improved pie cover or protectingdevice applied to a pie; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the piecover.

Referring in detail to ignates the body of the device which isconstructed of sheet tin or other metal and includes an inner annularflange 6, an outwardly projecting annular flange 7 and a vertical bodywall 8 which connects the outer edge of the flange 6 with the inner edgeof the flange 7. To the inner flange 6, a suitable handle member,indicated at 9, is riveted or otherwise secured.

lln Fig. 1 of the drawing, 1 have shown the deviceas applied in actualuse, and in said figure, 1P designates the pie plate in which the pie isp cod and provided with a cover of dough in the usual manner. Inapplying the device, the laterally projecting flange 7 is engaged uponthe outer end of the pie crust while the-inwardly projecting flange 6extends over the edge of the pie in spaced relation thereto. Thus, thepie crust pie crust is, however,

the drawing, 5 desis given plenty of room to rise while, at the sametime, the flange 6 protects the edge of the crust from the intense heatof the oven and prevents the same from burning. The properly baked, asthe major portion of the pie crust or cover is'exposed to the action ofthe heat through the large opening defined by the annular flange 6. Thevertical wall 8 is of such diameter and the flange 7 of sufficient widthto admit of the use of the device in connection with pie pans of severaldifferent sizes. The protector may be advantageously employed in bakingpies having only a single body crust of dough which constitutes thecontainer for the pie ingredients on when the pie is provided with acovering crust, as shown in the drawing. The device may also be used inthe baking of cakes and other pastry.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction, manner of use, and severaladvantages of my invention will be clearly and fully understood. It is,of course, apparent that the pie covers or protecting devices may bemade in various sizes so as to properly fit pie plates of differentdiameters. The device may be very cheaply manufactured and is highlyefiicient and serviceable in practical use.

While I have shown the preferred form and construction of the device, itwill be understood that the same is susceptible of considerablemodification, and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of resorting toall such legitimate changes as may be'fairly embodied within the spiritand scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention,-what ll desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is 2- In combination with' a pie plate, a covertherefor comprising an annular member of amaximum diameter in excess ofthe maximum diameter of the pie plate, said annular memberbeingsubstantially Z-shap'e in cross section to aflord horizontal flangesprojecting in opposite directions, with the lower and outwardly disposedflange adapted to r the medial portion of the annular member beingsubstantially the same as the diameter of the body of the pie plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

' CARRIE T. McLAUGI-ILIN.

\Vitnesses:

L. S. INGALsBE, THOMAS BAIRD.

